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Peter Kirsten
South Africa | Top order Batter

INTL CAREER: 1991 - 1994

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FULL NAME
Peter Noel Kirsten

BORN AGE
May 14, 1955, Pietermaritzburg, Natal 68y 324d

BATTING STYLE BOWLING STYLE

Right hand Bat Right arm Offbreak

PLAYING ROLE RELATIONS

Top order Batter N Kirsten (father), AM Kirsten (brother), G Kirsten (half-brother),
P Kirsten (half-brother)

TEAMS

South Africa Border

Derbyshire Sussex

Western Province

Peter Kirsten was almost 37 by the time he made his Test debut, because of South Africa's omission from the Test arena in
the 1970s and '80s. At that time Kirsten, a wristy, uncompromising batsman and a glorious fielder, was a prolific runscorer
for Western Province and Derbyshire. In 1976-77 he hit five centuries in consecutive innings, and six in seven. His talents
were fading by the time he played Test cricket, but he battled doggedly, not least at Adelaide in 1993-94. South Africa had to
draw to take the series against Australia, but Kirsten's 79 (in 310 minutes) and 42 (in 259) were agonisingly in vain. He made
his only Test hundred at Headingley in 1994, in his penultimate Test. His half-brother Gary became South Africa's most
capped player and top Test runscorer. View more

Peter Kirsten Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FORMAT Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 12 22 2 626 104 31.30 2084 30.03 1 4 67 0 8 0

ODIs 40 40 6 1293 97 38.02 2308 56.02 0 9 90 8 11 0

FC 327 568 59 22635 271 44.46 - - 57 107 - - 190 0

List A 358 352 32 11403 134* 35.63 - - 10 83 - - 120 0

Bowling

FORMAT Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10w

Tests 12 3 54 30 0 - - - 3.33 - 0 0 0

ODIs 40 8 183 152 6 3/31 3/31 25.33 4.98 30.5 0 0 0

FC 327 - 10287 4682 117 6/48 - 40.01 2.73 87.9 - 2 0

List A 358 - 4620 3244 95 6/17 6/17 34.14 4.21 48.6 1 2 0

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